Marco Rubio

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News about Marco Rubio, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Feb. 24, 2015

Specter of Jeb Bush presidential bid in 2016 is casting large shadow over political aspirations of fellow Florida Republican Sen Marco Rubio, whose team is resisting impression that Bush candidacy diminishes Rubio run; many Republican donors have already thrown their backing to Bush. MORE

Feb. 13, 2015

David Brooks Op-Ed column observes that realities of capitalism's shortcomings and economic inequality have given rise to Marco Rubio book American Dreams and Lawrence Summers' Report of Commission of Inclusive Prosperity; notes documents, presenting both right- and left-leaning sides of debate, agree middle class is being hurt by globalization and technological change, but differ in other key ways; says both views point to rising urgency of issue. MORE

Jan. 30, 2015

Op-Ed article by author Ann Louise Bardach calls for repeal of Cuban Adjustment Act policies, which offers Cubans immigrants fast track to citizenship, arguing that it unfairly privileges one group over others; notes that Hispanic Sens Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Robert Menendez, who will largely decide whether act will be repealed, will have to abolish immigration policies like this if they want support of Hispanic-American community at large. MORE

Jan. 16, 2015

Republican Party, which has been majority for only one week, is increasingly more divisive as some members focus on running for president in 2016 and others try to achieve record of accomplishment in Washington; party leaders hold retreat while Sen Rand Paul of Kentucky, Sen Marco Rubio of Florida and Sen Ted Cruz of Texas begin their presumptive campaigns. MORE

Jan. 4, 2015

Jim Rutenberg Talk interview with Sen Marco Rubio, whose book American Dreams has been published. MORE

Dec. 19, 2014

Sen Marco Rubio, who grew up in Miami and is the son of Cuban immigrants, strongly believes Pres Obama's new outreach to Cuba is mistake, despite what polls say; vows to use his position as incoming chairman of Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on Western Hemisphere to hold up funding for an embassy in Cuba and for nomination of ambassador there. MORE

Nov. 9, 2014

Ross Douthat Op-Ed column observes that Republican Party has won for second time in four years a sweeping midterm victory without having a policy agenda to match; expresses hope that if 2016 primary presidential contest coalesces around Sens Marco Rubio and Ran Paul, Republican Party could engage in a transformative debate. MORE

May. 16, 2014

Paul Krugman Op-Ed column criticizes Republican Sen Marco Rubio for declaring overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change to be false; contends Republicans have reached a point where allegiance to false doctrines has become crucial badge of identity; compares party's resistance to science about climate change to its insistence that runaway inflation is a problem. MORE

May. 12, 2014

Sen Marco Rubio, in wide-ranging television interview on This Week With George Stephanopoulos, disagrees with accepted scientific wisdom that humans are having effect on climate change; remarks come in interview in which he drops hints about running for president in 2016. MORE

Mar. 7, 2014

Sen Marco Rubio, Florida Republican who was attacked by conservatives for supporting immigration reform, is trying to become leading voice for muscular brand of foreign policy; potential 2016 presidential candidate addresses Conservative Political Action Conference. MORE

Mar. 2, 2014

Florida Sen Marco Rubio, hoping to set himself apart from crowd of possible candidates for 2016 Republican presidential nomination, proposes eight specific steps for Pres Obama to take in response to Russia's 'grave violation' of national sovereignty in its invasion of Ukraine. MORE

Jan. 19, 2014

Ross Douthat Op-Ed column expresses optimism about emergent right-of-center policy agenda with new ideas and Republican politicians like Sens Mike Lee and Marco Rubio willing to back them; contends it is first time in many years that conservative policy reformers' perspectives are being taken seriously. MORE

Oct. 10, 2013

Several Republicans, including Sens Marco Rubio and Rand Paul and New Jersey Gov Chris Christie, are using the government shutdown to stake position for potential presidential bids in 2016. MORE

Sep. 24, 2013

Sen Marco Rubio announces he is withdrawing his support of William Thomas, gay black Miami judge who has been nominated to Federal District Court for Southern District of Florida, effectively blocking judge's nomination. MORE

Aug. 1, 2013

Gail Collins Op-Ed column singles out Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz as being the show horses of the United States Senate; notes all three are currently in the news for their efforts to get Republicans to promise not to vote to fund federal government unless Obama cancels health care reform law, and that all three are preparing for a 2016 presidential bid. MORE

Jul. 28, 2013

Republican Sens Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Rob Portman are talking discreetly about how to advance legislation to ban abortion at 20 weeks; anti-abortion groups say they are seeing renewed effort among junior Republican senators to set new limits on abortion, particularly those who are looking to build up or repair their standing with conservative voters. MORE

Jul. 2, 2013

Many of Republican Party's most powerful and well-financed forces are moving to provide cover for Florida Sen Marc Rubio and Republicans like him who are pushing to overhaul nation’s immigration system; as party assesses its chances for 2016 presidential campaign, many Republican strategists believe they need as robust a primary field as possible, and messy fight over a subject as touchy as illegal immigration is a prospect many Republican leaders are eager to avoid. MORE

May. 8, 2013

Apr. 30, 2013

Jim DeMint, former Republican senator from South Carolina, who helped kill legislation to overhaul immigration, finds Sen Marco Rubio, his onetime protege and closest friend, on the other side of the issue; Rubio, Republican from Florida, is pivotal member of bipartisan Senate group that has written immigration reform legislation against which DeMint, as president of Heritage Foundation, will be leading the charge. MORE

Apr. 14, 2013

Legislation that would overhaul the country’s immigration system received a forceful endorsement from Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who after holding back for weeks appeared on seven talk shows to voice his support. MORE

Apr. 6, 2013

Questions remain whether Florida Sen Marco Rubio will ultimately sign onto bill for broad overhaul of immigration laws that he has been drafting with bipartisan group; analysts say Rubio, who is seen as rising conservative hero and possible 2016 presidential contender, may not want to risk ruffling his Republican base despite his call for immigration law changes. MORE

Apr. 1, 2013

Florida Republican Sen Marco Rubio issues a strongly worded message of caution as other senators work on a bipartisan overhaul of the nation's immigration laws; his aim is to keep expectations in check until details of the legislation are complete. MORE

Mar. 21, 2013

Sens Rand Paul and Marco Rubio, rising stars in Republican Party, are flying in each other's airspace, not quite rivals but obvious competitors; both are likely to vie for their party's nomination in 2016 presidential race. MORE

Mar. 15, 2013

Conservative Political Action Conference begins with Republican Sens Rand Paul and Marco Rubio offering GOP starkly different paths back to prominence, and diagnoses of what ails it; assembly is showcase of GOP's top presidential prospects. MORE

Feb. 20, 2013

FiveThirtyEight blog rates conservatism of Florida Sen Marco Rubio's voting record against those of other likely contenders for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016; holds that Rubio may stand the best chance of maintaining a good image with general election voters. MORE

Feb. 15, 2013

Paul Krugman Op-Ed column deplores Republican Party's reply to Pres Obama's State of the Union address, which was delivered by Florida Sen Marco Rubio; asserts Rubio's reiteration of long-disproved economic arguments, including fallacy that 2008 housing crisis was caused by reckless government policies, bodes ill for Republican party and for nation's future. MORE

Feb. 13, 2013

Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column examines way in which Republican Party is counting on Sen Marco Rubio, who gave shaky response to Pres Obama's State of the Union message, to present more modern image of party to electorate. MORE

Jan. 30, 2013

Pres Obama, seizing opening to rewrite nation's immigration laws, challenges Congress to act swiftly to put 11 million illegal immigrants living in United States on clear path to citizenship; criticism from Republican Sen Marco Rubio suggests that reaching consensus on immigration law remains difficult despite new bipartisan push since November elections. MORE

Jan. 15, 2013

Florida's Sen Marco Rubio is asserting his leadership among Republicans on overhauling immigration system, previewing a proposal that includes measures to give legal status to millions of illegal immigrants. MORE

Dec. 22, 2012

Junior Florida Sen Marco Rubio has long-established love of football, and refuses to talk about his political future while attending Miami Dolphins games; Rubio has been widely discussed as a potential presidential candidate in 2016. MORE

Dec. 8, 2012

Charles M Blow Op-Ed column holds that Florida Sen Marco Rubio's equivocation on age of Earth is unsurprising and largely in line with consensus of Republican Party, which often panders to creationist voters; holds Republicans must stand up for scientific facts if their party is to survive. MORE

Dec. 7, 2012

David Brooks Op-Ed column expresses being encouraged by extent and speed with which Republican Party has begun to change in wake of election; highlights speeches given by Sen Marco Rubio and Rep Paul Ryan that hint at beginnings of Republican Party revival. MORE

Nov. 27, 2012

Nicholas Wade essay says that scientists, in allowing that evolution is a theory, have handed fundamentalists, and fundamentalist politicians in particular, fig leaf they need to insist that Bible is literal, not metaphorical, truth; notes that Florida Sen Marco Rubio still flubbed question about earth's age, despite wide range of non-scientific answers available for comment. MORE

Nov. 23, 2012

Paul Krugman Op-Ed column contends that interview by Florida Sen Marco Rubio in GQ magazine demonstrates the Republican Party's persistent and dangerous willingness to suppress scientific evidence if it contradicts faith or party dogma. MORE

Oct. 21, 2012

Frank Bruni Op-Ed column describes conversation between Florida Sen Marco Rubio, rising star in Republican party, and group of journalists, and laments that Rubio employs his considerable talent and charisma to avoid hard truths about country and choices it faces; contends presidential candidates are no better, and it says much about sorry state of politics. MORE

Apr. 27, 2012

Sen Marco Rubio is undertaking a campaign to convince Democrats and conservative Republicans to embrace his compromised version of the Dream Act, which would grant some students, who are in the United States illegally, a path to citizenship; legislation is a tough sell amid Republican push for greater border security and tougher immigration policy, but some conservatives remain open to the idea. MORE

Apr. 24, 2012

Sen Marco Rubio of Florida, who had campaigned with likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in Pennsylvania, joins a list of possible vice-presidential running mates, which includes several governors and lawmakers. MORE

Apr. 20, 2012

Sen Marco Rubio urges Republicans to embrace a compromise measure of the Dream Act, allowing young illegal immigrants a pathway to legal status; Rubio's push comes as Mitt Romney tries to shift from the hard-line stance he took during the primary fight to a softer position that could erode Pres Obama's overwhelming edge with Hispanic voters. MORE

Jan. 29, 2012

Andrew Goldman Talk interview with Florida Sen Marco Rubio, who is frequently referred to as a possible vice presidential pick for whoever wins the Republican nomination. MORE

Oct. 22, 2011

Senator Marco Rubio lashes out at critics accusing him of embellishing his family's history for political advantage; acknowledges, however, that he gave inaccurate information in accounts of the timing of his family's arrival from Cuba and admits that they were not exiles from Castro's government, as he had previously claimed. MORE

Oct. 21, 2011

Florida Sen Marco Rubio denies allegations that he had embellished his family history and misrepresented the year his parents first left Cuba for the United States. MORE

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March 1, 2015, Sunday

In one resort town after another, the Republican presidential hopefuls are making their case to exclusive gatherings of donors whose wealth was unleashed by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision.

February 28, 2015, Saturday

If this week was any indication, Republicans could spend much of the 2016 presidential election attacking Democrats as weak on national security, rather than focusing on the economic concerns that have preoccupied voters in recent years.